Public Bathrooms - Washingtonian https://www.washingtonian.com The website that Washington lives by. Sun, 17 Mar 2024 20:57:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://www.washingtonian.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/cropped-washingtonian-favicon-gigantic-138x138.png Public Bathrooms - Washingtonian https://www.washingtonian.com 32 32 More High-Tech Public Bathrooms Are Coming to DC This Spring https://www.washingtonian.com/2024/03/15/more-high-tech-public-bathrooms-are-coming-to-dc-this-spring/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=more-high-tech-public-bathrooms-are-coming-to-dc-this-spring https://www.washingtonian.com/2024/03/15/more-high-tech-public-bathrooms-are-coming-to-dc-this-spring/#respond Fri, 15 Mar 2024 17:51:28 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=1678937 If you don’t know where to go when you need to go, some relief is on the way: High-tech toilet startup Throne Labs is bringing up to ten new public restrooms to DC this spring. The freestanding and free-to-use bathrooms will be in operation until the end of September (with the possibility of an extension) […]

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Here Are DC’s Top Peeing-in-Public Spots https://www.washingtonian.com/2022/10/28/here-are-dcs-top-peeing-in-public-spots/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=here-are-dcs-top-peeing-in-public-spots Fri, 28 Oct 2022 15:51:58 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=1603550 Here at Washingtonian, we are champions of public transparency. “Democracy dies in darkness,” as they say. To do our part, we used the Freedom of Information Act to learn where DC police have been issuing the most tickets for public urination. As a result, we can now reveal the District’s top three hotspots for plein […]

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This DC-Area High-Tech Toilet Startup Wants to Solve the Public Bathroom Problem https://www.washingtonian.com/2022/08/24/this-dc-area-high-tech-toilet-startup-wants-to-solve-the-public-bathroom-problem/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=this-dc-area-high-tech-toilet-startup-wants-to-solve-the-public-bathroom-problem Wed, 24 Aug 2022 15:51:24 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=1594408 It’s a familiar problem: You’re out and about, and you’ve got to go. But you can’t find anywhere to, you know, go. The Brentwood, Maryland-based company Throne Labs is trying to solve this issue via a fleet of portable, high-tech public toilets. The company hopes to banish the days of holding your breath in a […]

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MAP: Where You Can Go to the Bathroom During DC Protests This Weekend https://www.washingtonian.com/2020/06/05/map-where-you-can-go-to-the-bathroom-during-dc-protests-this-weekend/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=map-where-you-can-go-to-the-bathroom-during-dc-protests-this-weekend Fri, 05 Jun 2020 18:00:56 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=1141565 Coronavirus-related closures have limited access to public restrooms at the same time that anti-police brutality protests demanding justice for George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and so many others are bringing people out of their homes and into the streets. But as demonstrations continue this weekend, buildings around DC are opening their doors and offering access to water, outlets, […]

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MAP: Where You Can Find Public Bathrooms Along the Nationals Parade Route https://www.washingtonian.com/2019/11/01/where-are-public-bathrooms-near-nationals-victory-parade-route/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=where-are-public-bathrooms-near-nationals-victory-parade-route Fri, 01 Nov 2019 18:41:48 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=906014 When you win the city’s first World Series in 95 years, you throw a party. On Saturday, the Nationals are celebrating their World Series victory with a parade starting at 2 PM. The celebrations will start at Constitution Avenue and 15th Street, Northwest, and travel east to Pennsylvania Avenue and 3rd Street, Northwest, for a […]

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We Reviewed Every Public Bathroom on the National Mall So You Don’t Have To https://www.washingtonian.com/2017/06/28/public-bathrooms-national-mall/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=public-bathrooms-national-mall Wed, 28 Jun 2017 16:38:00 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=230106 More than 25 million people visit the National Mall each year, and most of them need to pee at some point. Fortunately for their bladders, the Mall offers 10 public bathrooms. Washingtonian sent scouts to each one—from Lincoln to Jefferson to Washington—and assessed them. We rated each for for smell, cleanliness, and ease of access on a scale of 1 to 5 […]

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